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Title: Hugh Anderson Moran papers
Date (bulk): 1916-1933
Collection Number: 48025
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders
(3.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, maps, posters, and photographs relating to the Russian Civil War, political and economic
conditions in Siberia and Manchuria, and relief work in Siberia and Manchuria, especially in the prisoner of war camps, during
the Russian Civil War.
Creator:
Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Materials were acquired by the Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1948.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hugh Anderson Moran papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Dr. Hugh Anderson Moran (1881-1977) graduated from Stanford University in 1905, and was the first athlete to receive the the
prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Moran was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, president of the English Club, officer
in the Young Men's Christian Association, and a member of the varsity track team.
Earning a doctorate in religion from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, Moran was ordained as a minister
in the Presbyterian Church in 1908. He went on to serve as a Secretary of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. in China
from 1909 to 1913. From 1916 to 1918, Moran was stationed in Vladivostok, Russia, in charge of prisoner of war relief in Siberia;
he was also the special aide to Senator Elihu Root as part of the Special Diplomatic Mission in Russia in 1917.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, clippings, maps, posters, and photographs relating to the Russian Civil War, political and economic
conditions in Siberia and Manchuria, and relief work in Siberia and Manchuria, especially in the prisoner of war camps, during
the Russian Civil War.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
Young Men's Christian associations
Manchuria (China) -- History